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of 

COL.  C.  W.  BROADFOOT 

at  the 

Centennial  Celebration 

of 

St.  John's  Church 

FAYETTEVILLE,  N.  C. 

LOW  SUNDAY 
APRIL  15,  1917 


RECTOR 

REV.  ARCHER  BOOGHER 

SENIOR  WARDEN 

F.  R.  ROSE 

JUNIOR  WARDEN 

B.  R.  HUSKE 


USHERS 

J.  S.  Schenck,  W.  W.  Home,  D.  R.  Tillinghast.  E.  J.  Carson,  R.  G.  Haigh, 

J.  A.  Huske,  Thomas  H.  Hale,  C.  W.  Broadfoot,  Jr., 

Leighton  Huske,  W.  Carmon. 

Membership,  370 


...Order  of  Services... 


7:30  a.  m.  Holy  Communion 

11:00  a.  m.  Unveiling  Memorial  Tablet 

Morning  Prayer 

Sermon  by  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson  of  Baltimore 

4:00  p.  m. — Historical  Address  by  Col.  C.  W.  Broadfoot 

8:00  p.  m.  Evening  Prayer 

Sermon  by  Rev.  Isaac  Wayne  Hughes,  of  Henderson,  N.  C. 


8:30  Monday  Evening.  General  Reception,  with  short  addresses  by  the 

Bishop  of  the  Diocese  and  other  speakers. 


Address  of  Col.  C.  W.  Broadfoot 


PREFACE. 

At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Vestry,  on  Dec.  6th,  1916,  the  Rec- 
tor stated,  that  he  had  appointed  the  following  on  the  Centennial 
Celebration  Committee:  B.  R.  Huske,  F.  R.  Rose  and  W.  W.  Home. 
These  members  met  and  invited  Col.  C.  "W.  Broadfoot,  Mrs.  Robt. 
Strange,  Mrs.  Weldon  Huske  and  Mrs.  Jno.  B.  Tillinghast  to  serve 
with  them  on  this  committee. 

At  a  meeting  of  this  committee,  the  Rector  presiding,  it  was 
resolved:  That  a  memorial  tablet  be  placed  in  the  vestibule.  A  suit- 
able inscription  was  decided  on  and  steps  taken  to  have  the  same 
'unveiled  at  the  Centennial  meeting. 

The  Rev.  Isaac  W.  Hughes,  former  Rector,  was  invited  to  at- 
tend and  take  part  in  the  services.  He,  assisted  by  the  Rector,  gave 
to  the  congregation  a  beautiful  and  impressive  servi.ce  at  the  un- 
unveiling  of  the  tablet,  after  Morning  Prayer  and  Sermon  by  Rev. 
Thomas  Atkinson,  of  Baltimore,  on  the  first  Sunday  after  Easter. 
The  tablet,  of  bronze,  bears  in  raised  letters: 

Our  fathers  builded  an  altar  here  one  hundred  years  ago. 

"This  is  none  other  but  the  House  of  God, 

And  this  is  the  gate  of  Heaven." 

Easter,  1917. 

The  tablet  was  unveiled  by  Mercer  Tillinghast,  son  of  S.  W.  Til 
llnghast,  great-grandson  of  S.  W.  Tillinghast,  Sr.,  and  great-great- 
grandson  of  Paris  J.  Tillinghast,  and  of  Charles  P.  Mallett,  both  of 
the  original  vestry.  On  his  mother's  side  he  is^TsofTof  Nannie  Mal- 
lett, daughter  of  John  W.  Mallett,  grandson  of  Margaret  Wright, 
great-grandson  of  John  W.  Wright,  for  many  years  vestryman  and 
warden  of  St.  John's. 

And  by  H.  R.  Home,  Jr.,  son  of  S.  R.  Home,  grandson  of  H.  R. 
Home,  Sr.,  for  many  years  a  vestryman  and  warden;  great-grand- 
son of  Warren  Winslow;  and  great-great-grandson  of  Jno.  Winslow, 
who  was  of  the  original  vestry,  and  most  prominent  in  founding  the 
parish. 

Oh  his  mother's  side  he  is  great-grandson  of  Dr.  B.  W.  Robin- 
son and  wife  Joanna  Huske,  and  great-great-grandson  of  John  Huske 
of  the  original  vestry.     Truly,  church  blood  runs  copiously  through 
ij"       the  veins  of  these  young  churchmen. 

Evening  Prayer  was  read  on  first  Sunday  after  Easter  by  Rev. 
John  Huske  Tillinghast,  born  and  raised  here,  but  now  of  the  Dio- 


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cese  of  S.  C.  He  is  a  grandson  of  Paris  J.  Tillinghast  of  the  original 
vestry.  After  these  services  Col.  C.  W.  Broadfoot  delivered  an  ad- 
dress, which  is  published  herewith. 

On  the  evening  of  the  following  Monday,  in  the  Parish  House,  a 
reception  was  held,  where  the  congregation  and  invited  guests  en- 
joyed music,  refreshments,  short  talks  and  kind  words  spoken  by 
our  brethren  of  other  churches.  Our  Bishop,  the  Rt.  Rev.  Thomas 
C.  Darst,  was  with  us  at  this  pleasant  social  gathering. 


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ADDRESS 


REVEREND   SIR  AND  BRETHREN: 

The  late  Dr.  Huske  left  an  unfinished  sketch  of  St.  John's  Par- 
ish, from  which  I  have  made  copious  extracts . 

The  public  services  of  the  Episcopal  Church  were  first  held  in 
the  Town  of  Fayetteville,  N.  C,  in  January,  1817,  by  the  Rev.  Bethel 
Judd,  D.   D.,   a   clergyman  from   Connecticut. 

John  Winslow,  son  of  the  Rev.  Edward  Winslow,  who  was  a 
Chaplain  in  the  British  Army  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  went  to 
Wilmington,  N.  C,  in  the  latter  part  of  1816,  and  there  madn  the  ac- 
quaintance of  Rev.  Mr.  Judd,  and  invited  him  to  visit  Fayetteville, 
with  a  view  of  establishing  the  Church  in  this  place.  To  Mr.  Wins- 
low, it  is  believed,  more  than  to  any  other  single  person,  is  the 
Church  in  Fayetteville  indebted  for  its  foundation. 

The  services  were  held  at  first  in  the  old  Academy,  a  large 
building  which  stood  on  the  lot  next  to  the  Church  on  the  South. 

[This  Academy  was  chartered  in  1799.  The  trustees  were  John 
Hay,  Robert  Adam,  Farquard  Campbell,  Robert  Donaldson,  John 
Dickson,  John  Sibley,  John  Winslow  and  Samuel  D.  Purviance.  In 
1809  the  following  trustees  were  appointed  by  Act  of  the  Assmebly : 
David  Anderson,  Paris  I.  Tillinghast,  Jr.,  Charles  Chalmers,  Hugh 
McLean,  John  Winslow,  Thomas  Davis,  Oliver  Pearce,  John  McMil- 
an,  Duncan  McLeran,  Wm.  B.  Grove,  John  Dickson,  John  Eccles, 
John  McLeran,  Hugh  Campbell,  Sebastian  Staiert,  Duncan  McRae, 
Henry  Branson,  Paris  I.  Tillinghast,  Sr.,  Benjamin  Robinson,  Elisha 
Steadman,  John  Kelly,  Robinson  Mumford,  Jr.,  Robert  Raiford, 
James  Mclntyre,  John  A.  Cameron,  James  McRackan,  Andrew 
Broadfoot,  Simeon  Belden,  John  Huske,  Robt,  Holliday,  Gabriel 
Debrutz,  John  Holliday,  Sr.,  Dolphin  Davis.— C.  W.  B.] 

Of  the  first  meetings  in  this  building,  none  gave  me  a  more 
minute  and  graphic  account  than  "Sam  Mackey" — a  slave  of  Mr. 
Winslow,  who  was  sexton  of  the  Church  from  its  organization  un- 
til his  death  in  1861. 

It  was  his  pardonable  boast  that  he  had  rung  the  bell  of  the 
Academy  for  the  first  meeting  after  Mr.  Judd  came,  and  had  con- 


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tinued  to  ring  it  until  old  age  and  feeble  health  prevented  his  ac- 
tive labor,  a  period  of  forty-three  years.  The  Vestry  allowed  him 
to  hold  his  office  of  Sexton,  as  an  honorary  distinction  to  the  day 
cf  his  death.  He  was  a  rare  instance  of  intelligence  and  know- 
ledge of  the  Christian  faith.  \ 

At  the  time  Mr.  Judd  came  to  Fayetteville,  it  was  a  place  of 
great  commercial  importance,  and  was  rapidly  growing  in  popula- 
tion and  wealth.  There  were  few,  however,  comparatively,  who 
were  members  of  the  Church,  or  in  sympathy  with  it— indeed 
who  had  any  knowledge  of  it,  but  these  few  appear  to  have  been 
like  Mr.  Winslow,  intelligent,  earnest,  and  devoted. 

On  Easter  Monday,  April  9th,  1817,  the  congregation  was  or- 
ganized by  electing  a  Vestry,  and  assuming  the  name  of  St.  John's 
Church.  Mr.  Winslow  was  elected  Senior  Warden,  and  Paris  J.  Til- 
linghast,  Sr.,  Junior  Warden.  The  rest  were:  Hugh  Campbell, 
Simeon  Belden,  Sebastian  Staiert,  Robert  Raiford,  John  Huske, 
James  Townes,  Newman  Kershaw,  James  Seawell,  David  Hay, 
Charles  P.  Mallett.  Mr.  Judd  was  elected  Rector  with  a  salary  of 
$1,500.00. 

In  answer  to  a  circular  letter  asking  aid  from  outsiders,  Dr. 
Huske  quotes  in  full  the  following: 

"New  York,  June  3rd,  1817. 
"Mr.  John  Winslow. 

"Dear  Sir: — I  have  to  acknowledge  your  favor  of  the  14th  ult., 
enclosing  the  proceedings  of  the  Episcopal  Convention  of  your 
State — also  a  blank  subscription  paper  for  collections  in  aid  of  your 
funds  for  building  a  Church  in  Fayetteville.  I  am  much  pleased  to 
find  our  Church  growing  in  your  State,  and  that  it  has  become  a 
member  of  the  General  Convention  of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
United  States.  We  have  lately  had  a  very  respectable  and  inter- 
esting Session  at  this  place,  in  which  your  State  was  represented. 
It  would  give  me  much  pleasure  to  have  it  in  my  power  to  forward 
your  views  in  raising  a  sum  by  subscription  towards  building  your 
Church,  but  there  are  so  many  calls  on  Episcopalians  here  for  Chari- 
ties throughout  the  State,  Bible  Societies,  Theological  Schools,  etc., 
etc.,  I  am  afraid  I  shall  not  be  able  to  do  much. 

"I  am,  my  dear  sir,  your  friend  and  obedient  servant, 

"N.   Rogers." 

The  paper  was  returned  with  the  following  names  as  subscrib- 
ers: 

N.  Rogers  &  Son,  N.  Y.,  $50.00;  King  &  Hillhouse,  $50.00;  T.  & 
I.  T.  Lawrence,  $30.00;  Kippam  &  Wetmore,  $25.00;  Sundry  small 
subscriptions,  $30.00;  Lambach  &  Bros.,  $50.00. 


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All  of  which  were  paid  except  the  subscription  of  King  &  Hill- 
nouse,  amounting  in  all  to  $185.00. 

This,  as  far  as  appears,  is  the  only  amount  contributed  by  per- 
sons outside  the  Town  of  Fayetteville. 

There  is  no  record  of  the  amount  raised  within  the  town;  but 
among  the  Winslow  papers,  are  memoranda,  which  would  indicate 
that  the  Churchmen  of  that  day  were  highly  liberal  and  were  helped 
in  their  work  by  others  in  the  community  (not  Episcopalians),  in 
the  most  liberal  manner,  and  it  is  proper  to  add  that  the  aid  given 
ty  those  who  were  not  of  the  Church,  was  not  to  the  building  alone, 
but  was  contributed  for  some  years  to  the  support  of  the  Minister. 
See  subscription  book,  among  my  papers,  for  salary  of  the  Minister 
1818  and  1819,  in  which  are  the  names  of  Dr.  Benjamin  Robinson, 
Beverly  Rose,  George  McNeill,  and  others,  not  Episcopalians. 

[Of  these  generous  subscribers  we  note  before  us  a  son  of  Mr. 
Rose,  now  our  Senior  Warden,  and  for  many  years  an  active,  use- 
ful, influential  member  of  our  Church.  Also  a  grandson  of  Dr.  Rob- 
inson and  a  grandson  of  Mr.  McNeill.  These  gentlemen,  we  hope, 
will  enjoy,  as  wo  do  recalling  this  act  of  Christian  charity  and 
brotherly  kindness,  even  if  it  is  a  hundred  years  old.  "Cast  thy 
bread  upon  the  waters,  for  thou  shalt  find  it  after  many  days." — 
C  W.  B.] 

In  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  the  state  of  the  Church  in  1818 
we  find: 

"On  the  1st  of  May,  1817,  the  Rev.  B.  Judd  removed  his  station 
tc  the  charge  of  a  congregation,  which  on  the  preceding  Easter 
Monday  had  by  him  been  organized  in  Fayetteville,  N.  C.  The  zeal 
of  that  Congregation,  of  which  YOUNG  MEN  form  the  principal 
part,  has  been  eminently  evidenced  by  their  regular  and  devout  at- 
tention to  the  worship  of  the  Church,  by  their  liberal  contributions 
to  the  support  of  their  minister,  and  by  their  donations  and  exertions 
for  the  erection  of  a  Church  which  will  soon  be  completed,  and  when 
completed  will  be  equal  perhaps  in  point  of  elegance  to  any  in  the 
State." 

[The  fact  here  alluded  to  that  a  large  number  of  young  men  were 
connected  with  the  congregation  at  its  beginning,  has  characterized 
it  ever  since. — C.  W.  B.] 

At  the  first  Communion  sometime  between  January  1st  and 
Easter-day,  1817,  there  were  fourteen:  Mrs.  Duncan  McLeran, 
Mrs.  Charles  Mallett,  Mrs.  John  Abernathy,  Mrs.  David  Ochiltree, 
Mrs.  Peter  Mallett,  Mrs.  Hugh  Campbell,  Mrs.  Winslow,  Mr.  Ochil- 
tree, Mr.  Charles  Mallett,  Mr.  Peter  Mallett,  Mr.  Raiford,  Mr.  Philip 
Raiford,  Miss  Betsy  Winslow,  Mr.  John  Winslow. 


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At  the  next,  on  Easter  Sunday,  twenty-four. 

On  Whit  Sunday,  twenty-one. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  none  of  these  had  been  confirm- 
ed, as  there  was  no  Episcopal  Visitation  until  1819,  by  Bishop 
Moore.  Mr.  Judd's  last  official  acts  were  the  burial  of  William  Bar- 
ry Grove,  March  1818,  and  the  marriage  of  O.  P.  Stark  to  Rachael 
Dobbin,  May  14th,  1818. 

[Mr.  Grove  was  a  member  of  Congress  from  this  District  from 
1791  to  1803,  and  a  highly  influential  citizen.  He  lived  at  the 
intersection  of  Rowan  and  Chatham  Streets,  N.  W.  Corner.  In  boy- 
hood we  have  often  seen  the  remnant  of  his  house,  put  together  with 
wrought  nails,  and  hanging  loosely  in  the  air.  It  was  the  resting 
place  of  Congressmen  of  his  day,  on  their  way  from  the  South  and 
Southwest  to  Washington,  among  them  Mr.  Lewis,  from  Alabama, 
whose  enormous  size  required  the  construction  of  a  chair  for  his 
especial  benefit,  and  who  was  required  to  pay  double  fare  on  the 
stage  lines.  Mr.  Grove's  house  was  celebrated  for  its  good  cheer 
and  boundless  hospitality.  We  have  no  means  of  finding  out  to  what 
church  he  belonged.— C.  W.  B.] 

Mr.  John  Winslow  was  the  Lay  Delegate  to  the  first  Conven- 
tion at  New  Bern  in  1S17.  Mr.  Judd  and  Mr  .Winslow  were  of  the 
first  Standing  Committee.  Mr.  Judd  was  Clerical  Delegate  to  the 
General  Convention,  elected  at  the  same  time. 

The  Church  property  consisted  of  three  lots: 

1st. — Bought  of  the  Elders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church;  con-' 
veyed  to  Vestry  before  named. 

2nd. — Bought  from  the  Estate  of  Peter  Mallett. 

The  grantees  named  are  same  Vestry  with  John  Cruso,  John  A. 
Cameron  and  David  Ochiltree  added.  To  this  lot  Mrs.  Sarah  Mallett, 
widow  of  Peter  Mallett,  made  a  deed  of  gift  of  her  dower  interest 
therein. 

3rd. — Lot  conveyed  by  George  Hooper,  brother  of  William  Hoop- 
er, Signer. 

This  seems  to  have  been  a  gift  as  the  consideration  named  is 
nominal.     Cost  of  entire  property  $2,550.00. 

(See  Deeds  of  Record  Books— C,  No.  2,  P.  861,  and  863;  G.  No. 
2;  P.  518;  H,  No.  2;  P.  375.)     Dr.  Huske  goes  on: 

"And  here  let  me  stop  a  moment  to  say  that  to  me  this  'piece 
of  ground'  with  these  metes  and  bounds  is  the  dearest  spot  on 
earth.  It  is  connected  by  a  bond  indissoluble,  with  all  the  memor- 
ies and  associations  of  my  life.  I  can  remember  it  as  far  back  as 
when  I  was  four  years  old,  especially  for  the  reason  that  at  that 
age    I  went  to  school  to  Miss  Sarah  Richards,  in  the  Eastern,  or 


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back  room  of  the  old  Academy.  That  building  and  its  front  yard  I 
remember  perfectly  well.  On  the  north  of  it,  immediately  adjoin- 
ing, was  the  Church  building,  the  House  of  God,  with  its  towering 
steeple  rising  up  above  the  trees  that  shaded  the  holy  ground.  The 
Church  was  indeed  the  House  of  God,  and  the  ground  upon  which 
it  was  built  was  indeed  holy  ground,  to  the  heart  of  childhood.  The 
preacher,  as  he  stood  in  the  pulpit,  which  had  a  handsome  canopy 
over  it,  as  a  sounding  board,  was  indeed  the  Minister  of  God  to  a  de- 
gree so  intensely  felt  as  that  after  years  have  not  increased,  but  I 
fear  diminished,  the  sense  of  that  truth.  In  the  Churches  successive- 
ly built  upon  this  holy  ground,  I  was  baptized,  confirmed,  communed, 
ordained,  married,  and  have  here  ministered  twenty-eight  years.  In 
this  Church  other  members  of  my  family  have  received,  those  di- 
vine offices,  which  pertain  to  them  in  their  sphere  in  the  Divine 
Kingdom. 

In  it  my  own  dead  have  had  paid  to  them  the  last  rites  of  the 
Church,  and  from  it  their  bodies  have  been  borne  to  the  last  rest- 
ing place.  Father,  mother,  brothers,  sisters,  near  kinsmen  and 
friends.  To  that  spot  my  heart  ever  turns,  as  the  home  of  my 
SPIRIT  upon  earth,  wheresoever  I  may  be.  The  very  sight  of  it 
ever  carries  me  back  to  the  consecrated  past,  recalling  all  the  holy 
feelings  cf  childhood,  and,  with  a  shrinking  of  shame,  its  follies,  too. 
I  can  see,  even  now,  in  the  depths  of  my  mind,  as  in  a  picture  mel- 
lc  wed  by  time,  the  Bishop,  Ravenscroft,  standing  in  the  pulpit,  and 
towering,  not  only  in  the  majesty  of  his  natural  form,  but  "in  the 
greatness  of  his  strength"  as  an  intellectual  giant,  an  ambassador 
of  God.  And-  the  "corona"  as  the  Latins  called  it,  the  people  listen- 
ing in  circle  around  him,  with  upturned  faces,  and  kindling  eyes,  to 
hear  from  his  lips  in  tremendous  power  the  Word  of  God. 

I  can  hear,  even  yet,  the  "words  of  the  Ten  Commandments, 
ringing  in  my  ears,^as  he  spake  them,  as  if  indeed  by  authority  of 
God.  I  have  too  in  my  mind  the  vivid  scenes  of  a  later  day  when 
the  Bishop,  Ives,  handsome,  and  graceful  in  manner,  and  solemn  in 
aspect,  stood  forth,  amid  the  brilliant  lights  at  night,  and  preached 
the  Word  in  strains  of  winning  eloquence  or  laid  his  hands  upon  the 
heads  of  the  people  with  inimitable  gracefulness  and  solemnity. 
Who  could  ever  forget  him,  as  he  appeared  in  his  Episcopal  robes, 
in  the  early  days  of  his  Episcopate,  when  his  ardent  soul  lit  up  his 
face  with  an  almost  divine  glow,  as  he  enforced  the  purity  of  Church 
doctrine,  unmixed  and  unpalsied  by  the  horizon  of  Rome.  "Eheu 
quam  mutatus,  ab  illo.     Episcopo,  hostem  quam  fuit." 

When  I  became  a  man  I  knew  him  well,  was  the  object  of  his 
kindness  and  love,  was  his    pupil,  and    had  his    confidence,    and 


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though  he  destroyed  rny  confidence  in  him,  in  after  time,  I  cannot 
ever  remember  him  without  a  sigh  and  a  tear.  The  sweet  remem- 
brance of  what  he  once  was,  shall  cover  his  memory  with  the  man- 
tle of  charity,  as  the  grass  and  flowers  cover  the  place  where  his 
body  rests.     "Sit  in  pace." 

How  dear  to  the  heart  the  spot  where  these  divine  influences 
have  been  ever  flowing  out  as  the  Holy  Waters  which  Ezekiel  saw 
flowing  out  of  the  Temple  of  God. 

From  this  holy  ground  the  eye  can  see  things  and  scenes  to 
memory  dear  from  earliest  dawn  of  life.  On  the  east  towards  the 
sunrising,  it  is  bounded  by  Cross  Creek,  the  beautiful  sand-hill 
stream,  familiar  to  me  in  all  its  devious  windings,  from  its  foun- 
tain-head.to  its  mouth  as  it  enters  into  the  waters  of  the  Cape  Fear. 

This  is  the  stream  of  historic  note  that  once  gave  name  to  the 
place  in  which  we  live,  as  itself  gets  its  name  from  the  wonderful 
phenomenon  of  the  waters  crossing  at  its  junction  with  Blount's 
Creek,  and  then  uniting  again  a  short  way  below. 

This  is  the  stream,  that  as  it  tumbles  in  incessant  flow  over  the 
dam  at  "Eccles'  Bridge,"  gleams  in  the  rays  of  the  sun  by  day,  and 
catches  and  reflects  with  soft  splendor,  the  silver  beams  of  "that 
silent  moon"  by  night.  This  the  stream  that  gracefully  winds  its 
wa3r,  like  a  gilttering  serpent,  through  the  heart  of  the  town,  glad- 
dening the  eye  with  its  sheen,  and  soothing  the  ear  with  the  murmur 
of  its  gentle  flow.  This  the  stream  that  laves  the  shore  whereon 
lies  buried  the  generations  of  our  dead  and  that  by  day  and  by  night 
ever  sings  its  sweet  requiem  to  their  souls.  "Requiescant  in  pace." 
Requiescant  in  pace— jdomec  salvator  veniet."  This  stream  so 
sacred,  and  dear  to  every  heart  in  Fayetteville,  is  still  more  dear  to 
us,  whose  holy  ground  it  touches.  It  is  to  us,  as  "Siloam's  brook, 
that  flowed  fast  by  the  Oracle  of  God." 

It  is  ever  under  the  eye  as  I  stand  in  the  Vestry  Room  of  the 
old  Church.  As  it  winds  round  the  point,  and  whirls  in  an  eddy  of 
foam  and  then  hastening  on,  ever  rapidly  flowing,  and  breaking  into 
a  thousand  pieces,  as  it  ripples  over  the  stones  and  pebbles,  it  be- 
comes to  me  a  fit  emblem  of  the  Living  Waters  of  the  grace  of  God, 
the  Water  which  God  gives,  whereof  men  may  drink  and  never 
thirst  again.  Or  else  as  it  hurries  on,  never  stopping  from  one 
year's  end  to  another,  it  reminds  me  of  the  rapid  flow  of  all  human 
life,  onward  and  ever  onward  towards  the  ocean  of  eternity. 
How  soon  has  the  former  :/eneration  passed  on  and  out  of  sight. 
That  generation  that  laid  the  foundations  of  the  House  of  God.  And 
we  that  come  after,  and  that  now  know  the  places  that  once  knew 
them,  how  fast  is  our  descent  down  the  stream  of  Time.     Wee  too 


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shall  soon  pass  the  point  where  the  ruins  of  the  old  mill  stand,  a 
memento  of  the  past,  "and  be  no  more  seen." 

In  this  spot  of  ground  lies  buried  the  mortal  body  of  Jarvis 
Barry  Buxton,  the  seventh  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  that  pastor 
of  God's  flock  who  by  the  power  of  the  Word  turned  my  head  to 
God,  made  me  resolve  to  devote  my  life  to  Him,  taught  me  the 
Way  of  Life,  lifted  me  up  by  the  power  of  his  discourse,  in  private 
as  well  as  public,  from  earth  to  heaven,  blessed  my  spirit  by  an  unc- 
tion from  above  with  the  blessings  from  God,  more  than  any  other 
human  being,  save  only  and  ever  MY  MOTHER! 

How  could  I  forget  him  whose  grave  is  daily  in  my  sight,  re- 
minding me  of  him  "in  the  day  of  his  power"  when  he  preached  in 
his  own  way  and  with  a  diction  inspired  by  his  own  great  genius, 
those  powerful  sermons  which  to  me  have  never  been  surpassed  by 
any  preacher. 

How  holy  is  the  ground  to  me  wherein  rests  the  body  of  him 
whose  spirit  while  he  was  in  the  flesh,  caught  vivid  glimpses  of 
Paradise,  and  told  us  what  he  saw,  and  which,  now  that  he  is  dead, 
hath  gone  to  its  rest  in  that  place  having  good  hope,  and  waiting  in 
peace  for  the  "rising  from  the  dead." 

"Put  off  thy  shoes  from  off  thy  feet,  for  the  place  whereon  thou 
standest  is  HOLY  GROUND." 

The  foundation  of  the  building  was  laid  by  the  Masonic  Order 
ii.  June,  1817.  The  building  was  completed  in  about  one  year,  at  a 
total  cost  of  say  $16,000.00. 

[I  have  heard  my  father  say  often,  that  it  was  a  really  hand- 
some building,,  attracting  strangers  by  its  proportions,  and  neat  ap- 
pearance. The  town  clock  was  placed  upon  its  steeple.  It  had  be- 
fore been  upon  the  Academy  building,  immediately  south. — C.  W.  B.] 
The  Rev.  Mr.  Gregory  T.  Bedell  was  called,  and  be- 
gan his  duties  on  Nov.  1st,  1818.  The  Church  building  was  now  com- 
pleted, and  furnished  with  organ,  bell  and  clock.  It  was  consecrated 
oij  the  visitation  of  Bishop  Moore,  of  Virginia,  in  April  1819.  We 
may  well  imagine  the  religious  joy  which  prevailed  in  the  hearts  of 
the  church  people  on  that  day.  They  had  for  the  first  time  in  their 
lives  been  able  to  obtain  the  precious  blessing  of  laying  on  of 
hands  from  an  Apostolic  Bishop.  Indeed,  it  was  the  first  time,  no 
doubt,  that  most  of  them  had  ever  seen  a  Bishop.  They  had  knelt 
at  the  Table  of  the  Lord,  and  received  the  Bread  of  Life  from  the 
same  hands,  in  a  Church  which  they  had  built  at  such  great  cost  to 
themselves,  and  which  was  now  consecrated  to  the  worship  of  the 
Almighty  God,  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost.  Within  the  year  the 
little  band  of  communicants  had  more  than  doubled.     These  were 


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the  fathers  and  mothers  in  this  Israel  of  ours,  most  of  whom  we  of 
this  day  have  known  and  loved,  and  admired  for  their  devotion  to 
Christ,  their  Christian  virtues.,  and  the  examples  they  have  set  us 
and  "the  generations  yet  for  to  come." 

1819 — Mr.  Bedell  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Convention.  The 
Standing  Committee  was  located  at  Fayetteville,  consisting  of  the 
following,  together  with  Dr.  Empie  of  Wilmington,  N.  C:  Rev.  G. 
T.  Bedell,  Mr.  John  Winslow,  Mr.  John  A.  Cameron,  Mr.  Paris  J. 
Tillinghast,  St.,  Mr.  Charles  P.  Mallett,  Mr.  Newman  H.  Kershaw. 

Mr.  Bedell  elected  delegate  to  the  General  Convention. 

Dr.  Huske  adds  a  note — that  on  Dec.  9th,  1819,  was  organized  in 
Fayetteville  a  Society  entitled  "The  United  Female  Benevolent  Socie- 
ty of  North  Carolina"  composed  of  Christians  of  the  various  denomi- 
nations of  the  local  churches.  The  meeting  to  organize  was  held  in 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  was  presided  over  by  Mrs.  Frances 
Bowen,  with  Miss  Ann  Pearce  as  Secretary.  Prayer  by  Rev.  Colin 
Mclver,  and  Rev.  W.  D.  Snodgrass,  in  an  appropriate  exhortation. 
Constitution  adopted,  setting  forth  its  objects  and  electing  fifteen 
ladies  as  a  Board  of  Directors,  viz: 

Mrs.  Bedell,  Mrs.  Mclver,  Mrs.  Bowen,  Mrs.  Robins,  Mrs.  Broad 
foot,  Miss  Thurston,  Miss  Lamon,  Miss  Broadfoot,  Miss  Anderson, 
Miss  Haywood,  Miss  Hall.  Miss  Mallett,  Miss  Beebe,  Miss  Pearce, 
Miss  Donaldson. 

On  the  following  Thursday  the  Board  met  in  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  elected: 

Mrs.  Bedell,  1st  Directress. 

Mrs.  Mclver,  2nd  Directress. 

Mrs.  Broadfoot,  Treasurer. 

Mrs.  Bowen,  Recording  Secretary. 

Mrs.  Robins,  Corresponding  Secretary. 

The  rest  of  the  ladies  were  called  "Managers."  In  the  list  of 
subscribers,  I  recognized  the  names  of  many  ladies  of  St.  John's 
Church.  In  the  list  of  officers  above  Mrs.  Bedell  will  be  recognized 
as  the  wife  of  Rev.  G.  T.  Bedell,  Mrs.  Mclver  as  wife  of  Rev.  Colin 
Mclver,  well  remembered  by  many  as  an  able  and  ardent  Presbyte- 
rian minister  so  long  resident  in  this  town,  and  who  ministered 
mostly  to  the  Scotch  settlements  of  Cumberland.  Miss  Lamon,  as 
"Miss  Betsy  Lamon",  who  kept  a  school  on  North  street.  Miss 
Broadfoot  (M.  S.)  as  Mrs.  Margaret  Hooper,  wife  of  James  H.  Hoop- 
er. Miss  Anderson,  as  wife  of  J.  W.  Wright  of  blessed  memory, 
and  mother  of  Mrs.  Beattie  Mallett,  no  less  saintly  in  life.  Miss 
Haywood,  as  wife  of  Louis  D.  Henry,  both  of  whom  in  after  years 
were  prominent  supporters  of  the  "Old  Church"  and  to  whose  zeal- 


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ous  labors  St.  John's  fs  mainly  indebted  for  the  "Old  Rectory."  Miss 
MailettasMissSallieMallett,  Miss  Beebe  as  the  wife  of  Joshua  Carmon 
Miss  Pearce  as  Miss  Ann  Pearce  who  still  lives  at  the  age  of  83  or  84. 
Miss  Donaldson,  as  Miss  Isabella  Donaldson,  a  woman  that  has 
spent  her  life  in  doing  good,  and  who  I  think  has  an  "unction  from 
above."  She  still  lives,  blessing  those  who  know  her,  by  her  ex- 
ample and  active  benevolence. 

See  the  Constitution,  etc.,  Fayetteville,  N.  C,  Carney  &  Dis- 
mukes,  1820. 

On  the  23rd  of  April  1820,  Mr.  Bedell  wrote  to  the  Vestry  a  let- 
ter which  Dr.  Huske  writes  of  as  follows : 

"It  may  not  be  amiss  to  quote  a  sentence  or  two  from  this  cur- 
ious and  interesting  letter.  In  showing  that  he  had  "earned  his  liv- 
ing," the  Rector  says:  "Many  and  many  has  been  the  day  when 
for  eight  or  nine  hours  at  a  time  I  have  not  even  risen  from  my 
seat,  have  interrupted  meals,  and  sleep,  to  give  the  people  such 
services  as  I  thought  would  do  good,  as  well  as  such  as  were  re- 
quired by  a  congregation  so  generally  formed  of  men  of  enlighten- 
ed and  cultivated  understandings  as  is  ours. 

[Mr.  Beddell's  opinion  of  his  flock  is  probably  that  of  each  of  his 
successors,  as  to  "men  of  enlightened  and  cultivated  understand- 
ings."—C.  W.  B.] 

"And  while  in  discharge  of  my  duty,  I  need  have  discoursed 
but  twice  on  Each  Sunday,  making  in  the  year  104  sermons,  I  have, 
during  the  course  of  the  year,  ending  Easter  Monday,  independent 
of  my  lectures  to  the  Bible  Class,  and  at  my  house,  preached  no 
less  than  173  times.  I  care  not  for  labor  so  long  as  I  can  further  the 
cause  of  religion  generally,  and  of  our  Church  in  particular." 

In  his  report  to  the  Convention  of  1S20  he  says:  "Attached  to 
St.  John's  Church  is  a  Sunday  School  of  about  80,  30  of  whom  study 
Bible  questions  as  well  as  the  Catechism.  I  have  also  a  Bible  Class 
of  about  60  ladies,  also  an  association  of  ladies  and  gentlemen  call- 
ed the  "Harmonic  Society  of  St.  John's  Church,"  and  the  association 
has  done  incalculable  good  in  improving  the  conditions  of  this  most 
sublime  part  of  public  worship." 

The  Standing  Committee  was  again  located  at  Fayetteville, 
consisting  of  Dr.  Empie,  Prest.  and  Rev.  G.  T.  Bedell,  John  Winslow, 
John  A.  Cameron,  Robert  Strange.  Soon  after  the  Convention  Mr. 
Bedell  went  North  and  being  detained  by  sickness  he  wrote  to  Mr. 
John  Winslow  leaving  it  to  the  Vestry  to  determine  whether  the 
pastoral  relations  should  continue.  He  says:  "Let  it  not  be  sup- 
posed that  I  write  this  with  even  the  most  distant  wish  of  a  disso- 
lvtion  of  our  connection.     So  far  from  this,  I  KNOW  OP  NO  SIT- 


14  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

UATION  SOUTH  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  WHICH  IS  IN 
ANY  MEASURE  TO  BE  COMPARED  WITH  THE  RECTORSHIP 
OF  ST.  JOHN'S  CHURCH." 

1820— On  the  29th  of  November,  of  this  year,  died  John  Wins- 
low,  the  first  Senior  Warden  of  St.  John's  Church,  a  man  to  whom 
the  Church  in  this  town  must  always  feel  indebted  for  its  first 
foundation,  and  for  his  zeal,  liberality  and  untiring  devotion  to  its 
interests  as  long  as  he  lived.  His  death  must  have  been  a  great 
affliction  and  loss  to  the  Parish,  and  especially  to  the  Rector,  who  in 
various  letters,  expresses  his  obligation  to  Mr.  Winslow  in  the  warm- 
est manner  for  invariable  kindness  in  every  way.  He  was  evi- 
dently the  main  pillar  and  support  of  the  Parish  in  his  day,  and  his 
life  furnished  a  fine  example  of  a  liberal-minded  and  devoted 
Churchman.  To  all  who  come  after  him,  an  example  worthy  of  imi- 
tation by  all  laymen,  not  only  on  account  of  its  importance  to  the  in- 
terests of  the  Church,  the  cause  of  the  Redeemer  in  the  world,  but 
also  of  its  effect  upon  a  man's  own  character,  and  his  memory  when 
dead. 

1821- — Mr.  Bedell  reported  to  the  Convention:  "Among  the 
deaths  is  particularly  to  be  recorded  that  of  John  Winslow,  Esq.,  a 
man  to  whose  exertions  principally  the  Church  under  God,  owes  its 
existence  and  much  of  its  present  prosperity.  He  was  more  than 
ordinarily  interested  in  its  welfare,  and  seemed  to  think  no  sacri- 
fice of  time  or  money  too  great  to  be  made  in  the  cause  of  Relig- 
ion, and  of  the  Church  in  particular.  His  death  is  a  public  loss,  and 
not  only  to  be  deeply  deplored  by  the  Parish  but  by  the  Church  at 
large." 

To  these  notices  Dr.  Huske  has  added  several  notes,  from  which 
we  learn  that  Mr.  Winslow's  funeral  was  a  public  one,  he  being  at 
the  time  Magistrate  of  Police,  and  his  body  was  escorted  to  the 
grave  by  Fayetteville  Cavalry,  Artillery,  Independent  Light  Infan- 
try, Masonic  Brethren,  Clergy  and  Physicians,  Directors  of  Bank  of 
Cape  Fear,  Teachers  of  Academy. 

Bells  of  Town  to  be  tolled  from  hour  of  procession  until  12  o'- 
clock noon. 

Mr.  Bedell  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health  of  self  and  family, 
and  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  William  Hooper  about  Easter  of  the 
year  1822. 

In  August  died  Dr.  Andrew  Scott,  an  eminent  physician, 
a  member  of  St.  John's  Church,  also  Oct.  5th  died  Parris  J.  Tilling- 
hast,  Sr.  He  had  been  a  Warden  since  the  organization  of  the  Par- 
ish.    The  Fall  of  this  year  was  memorarble  in  the  history  of  this 


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Town  for  the  prevalence  of  a  deadly  form  of  fever  of  which  I  think 
these  persons  died.  It  was  thought  by  some  to  be  yellow  fever. 

1824 — Mr.  Hooper  made  report  to  the  convention  of  his  year,  in 
which  he  speaks  with  gladness  of  the  universal  spirit  of  piety,  and  the 
flourishing  condition  of  the  Sunday  School.  At  this  Convention, 
John  W.  Wright  was  elected  Treasurer  of  the  Convention,  and 
Agent  to  manage  the  Episcopal  Fund,  an  office  which  he  held  with- 
out interruption,  and  discharged  with  great  ability  and  to  the  sat- 
isfaction of  the  Convention  to  the. date  of  his  death,  a  period  of  30 
years. 

Just  here  Dr.  Huske  takes  occasion  to  pay  a  loving  tribute  to 
Mr.  Wright,  to  whom,  he  says,  next  to  Mr.  Winslow,  St.  John's 
Church  is  perhaps  most  indebted. 

In  this  year  Rev.  Mr.  Hooper  was  deposed. 

All  the  records  of  this  time  speak  of  him  in  the  highest  terms. 
No  one  who  ever  knew  Mr.  Hooper  could,  for  one  moment,  doubt  that 
ir  all  this  matter  he  was  acting  under  the  imperative  dictates  of 
his  conscience,  and  much  as  his  friends  regretted  the  loss  sustain- 
ed by  the  Church  by  the  defection  of  a  minister  so  cultured  in  mind, 
and  refined  in  feeling  and  pious  in  heart,  they  never  ascribed  to  him 
any  other  than  the  purest  motives  in  the  course  which  he  took. 

[His  trouble  was  as  to  the  meaning  of  the  word  "Re- 
generate" in  the  Baptismal  Service. — C.  W.  B.] 

1825.  In  the  Spring  of  1825  Rev.  Henry  Mason  was  put  in 
charge  of  St.  John's. 

1827,  March  15.  Mr.  Mason  resigns,  to  take  effect  May  17th. 
Upon  the  removal  of  Mr.  Mason,  Bishop  Ravensci-oft  appointed  as 
lay  readers  Mr.  Robert  Strange,  Mr.  John  W.  Wright  and  Mr.  Chas. 
T.  Haigh.  Dr.  Huske  says  of  them:  "They  were  not  only  distinguish- 
ed as  men  in  their  several  spheres  in  life,  and  for  their  zeal  and  lib- 
erality and  devotion  to  the  Church  as  Christians,  but  also  for  their 
literary  qualifications,  for  their  excellence  as  readers,  and  for  their 
good  judgment  and  taste  in  the  selection  of  sermons.  .  .  .  This 
opinion  is  supported  by  the  opinion  of  the  congregation  which  seems 
from  its  first  foundation  to  have  been  distinguished  for  superior 
culture  of  mind  and  fine  literary  taste. 

1828,  Jan.  1.  Rev.  Phillip  Bruce  Wiley  took  charge,  and  here  I 
think  it  proper  to  say  that  the  Parochial  Record  was  kept  by  Mr. 
Wiley  in  such  manner  as  to  be  a  model  worthy  of  imitation  by  all 
Clergymen.  It  would  have  been  a  great  assistance  to  me  in  compil- 
ing these  records,  if  the  register  had  been  kept  in  like  manner  by 


16  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

all  who  preceded  him. 

[We  move  to  add  the  Vestry  Records  also  and  so 
amended  we  mos  thearti.ly,  unanimously  and  Weariedly  declare  it 
passed.— C.  W.  BJ 

Convention  held  in  St.  John's.  Mr.  E.  L.  Winslow  was  elected 
Secretary  of  the  Convention  this  year  and  held  office  until  the  day 
ol  his  death,  1863,  succeeded  by  Mr.  William  N.  Tillinghast,  who 
held  up  to  1875.  During  the  Session  of  this  Convention  four  persons 
were  confirmed.  One  of  these  was  George  E.  Badger,  a  name  which 
has  since  become  famous  in  the  State  on  account  of  the  greatness  of 
his  intellect,  the  profundity  of  his  legal  learning,  his  logical  powers, 
his  general  intelligence,  the  eminent  accuracy  and  finish  of  his  dic- 
tion, and  his  inimitable  humor.  At  the  same  time  was  confirmed  his 
wife,  Mary,  and  Leonidas  Polk,  afterwards  Bishop  of  Louisiana, 
and  who  was  killed  in  the  field  before  Atlanta,  Ga.,  while  a  General 
hi  the  Confederate  Army. 

1829 — I  record  here  the  fact  which  is  of  some  interest,  that  on  May 
1st  Rev.  Mr.  Wiley  baptized  William  G.  Broadfoot  by  immersion. 
It  is  the  first  instance  of  this  mode  in  this  Parish.  I  remember,  as 
a  boy,  seeing  the  parties  coming  from  the  creek,  at  the  point,  call- 
ed at  that  time  the  "Horse  Hole"  near  the  little  bridge  at  Anderson's 
Paper  Mill.  Mr.  Broadfoot  was,  for  many  years,  devoted  to  the  Sun- 
day School,  a  man  who  was  thoroughly  informed  about  the  princi- 
ples, and  doctrines  of  the  Church,  and  devoted  to  its  interests.  Mr. 
Wiley  seems  to  have  resigned  soon  after,  May  24th,  1829.  I  can  also 
remember  Mrs.  Wiley,  his  wife,  at  that  time  a  young  and  beautiful 
woman.  It  was  my  good  fortune  in  after  life  to  become  thoroughly 
well  acquainted  with  her,  at  Valie  Crucis,  where  she  resided  at  the 
Mission  School,  founded  by  Bishop  Ives,  and  afterwards  as  my  par- 
ishoner,  in  this  town.  And  it  gives  me  pleasure  to  say  now  that  she 
has  gone  to  the  rest  of  righteous  souls,  that  she  who  was  so  endowed 
with  beauty  of  person  by  nature,  was  also  richly  endowed  with  the 
gifts  of  grace  which  she  used  in  behalf  of  Christ  and  His  Church. 

1830 — Rev.  Mr.  W.  H.  Jones  took  charge,  served  14  months. 

Here  ends  the  history  of  St.  John's  as  written  by  Dr.  Huske, 
which  closes  with  a  beautiful  tribute  to  Mr.  J.  W.  Sandford. 

With  this  history  we  have  taken  many  liberties,  chiefly  for  the 
sake  of  brevity. 


1831,  May  22nd.     Rev.  Jarvis  B.  Buxton  began  his  Rectorship. 
On  his  second  Sunday  the  great  fire  of  '31  occurred. 


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FIRE  OF  MAY  29TH,  '31. 
We  have  before  us  an  extra  printed  on  one  side  by  the  North 
Carolina  Journal  and  Carolina  Observer  jointly,  without  date,  head- 
ed in  large  type.  DESTRUCTION  OF  FAYETTEVILLE,  from  which 
we  extract  the  following,  viz: 

"About  15  minutes  after  12  o'clock  M.  on  Sunday  last,  the  citizens 
of  Fayetteville  were  alarmed  by  the  cry  of  fire.  The  roof  of  a  kitch- 
en belonging  to  James  Kyle,  near  his  elegant  brick  building  lately 
erected  at  the  N.  ¥/.  Corner  of  Market  Square  was  found  to  be  in  a 
blaze,  but  to  so  inconsiderable  an  extent  that  it  was  believed  the  ef- 
forts made  to  extinguish  it  would  certainly  be  successful.  Deceit- 
ful hope.  They  were  all  unavailing.  In  a  very  few  minutes  the 
flames  extended  themselves  to  the  large  brick  building,  and  to  many 
small  wooden  buildings  in  its  vicinity.  In  a  few  minutes  more  the 
roof  of  the  Town  House  caught  and  that  building  soon  was  envelop- 
ed in  flames,  from  which  four  large  torrents  of  flames  were  seen 
pouring  in  as  many  directions  along  the  four  principal  streets  of  the 
town  with  a  rapidity  and  force  which  defied  all  stay  of  resistance. 
In  a  Western  direction  the  fire  extended  itself  up  Hay  street  on  the 
right  hand  a  short  distance  beyond  the  point  of  intersection  with 
Old  street,  extending  backwards  in  a  Northern  direction  to  the  very 
edge  of  the  creek,  embracing  in  its  devouring  sweep  the  intermedi- 
ate buildings  on  Old  street  and  Maiden  Lane.  And  on  the  left  as  far 
a,s  Mr.  Canute's  wooden  building,  being  the  next  house  below  Mr. 
John  MacRae's  long  row  of  wooden  buildings,  at  the  Wagon  Yard, 
extending  back  southwardly  to  Franklin  street.  Along  Green  street 
the  flames  progressed  northwardly  crossing  the  creek,  and  consum- 
irg  in  their  transit  Mr.  Eccles's  mill,  store  and  dwelling  house,  and 
the  handsome  bridge  erected  a  few  years  since  by  the  town,  sweep- 
ing before  them  many  valuable  buildings  including  the  Episcopal 
Church,  on  the  right  hand  side  of  the  street,  until  they  reached  the 
private  residence  of  James  Seawell,  Esq.,  which  was  saved  by  a  pro- 
vidential turn  of  the  wind,  and  the  active  exertions  of  a  very  few 
rpersons  with  water  and  blankets.  On  the  left  hand  side  of  the 
street  they  progressed  until  they  were  stopped  at  the  house  of  J.  W. 
Wright,  Esq.,  by  blowing  it  up,  and  extended  back  until  they  reach- 
ed the  house  of  T.  L.  Hybart,  Esq.,  (on  Raeford  Lane)  which  was 
saved  by  the  exertions  of  great  activity  and  perseverance. 

Along  Person  street  they  destroyed  every  building  on  both 
sides  as  far  eastwardly  as  a  few  doors  below  Liberty  Point,  includ- 
ing the  rftore  of  Mr.  William  Mclntyre,  situated  on  the  opposite  point 
formed  by  the  junction  of  Person  street  and  Cool  Spring  Alley,  ex- 
tending northwardly  as  far  as  the  edge  of  the  creek,  consuming  the 


18  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

Presbyterian  Church,  Catholic  Chapel  and  all  other  buildings  (with 
•the  exception  of  the  dwelling  house  mills  and  warehouse  of  Mr. 
James  H.  Hooper,  all  of  which  were  saved  with  much  exertion)  in- 
cluding the  buildings  on  both  sides  of  Bow  street. 

Along  Gillespie  street  the  flames  extended  as  far  as  the  State 
Bank  Building,  on  the  right  hand  side,  which  being  nearly  fire-proof 
enabled  the  citizens  to  contend  successfully  with  the  flames  at  that 
point,  and  to  save  the  building.  On  the  eastern  side  of  the  street 
they  destroyed  every  building  to  a  point  opposite  the  State  Bank 
Building,  and  extending  eastwardly  so  as  to  include  all  but  three  of 
the  buildings  on  Dick  street  between  Person  and  Mumford  streets. 
It  is  impossible  to  form  any  correct  estimate  of  the  entire  loss  in 
real  estate.  There  is  probably  no  instance  in  history  of  so  large  a 
portion  of  a  town  being  consumed  where  it  was  not  the  result  of 
voluntary  human  agency.  The  fire  continued  to  rage  with  unabated 
fury  until  about  6  o'clock  when  by  the  blowing  up  of  houses  and  other 
means  usual  on  such  occasions  it  was  suddenly  deprived  of  food  for 
its  raging  appetite.  The  public  buildings  destroyed  were:  The 
Town  House,  Cape  Fear  Bank,  Catholic  Chapel,  Presbyterian  and 
Episcopal  Churches,  Academy,  LaFayette  and  Mansion  Hotels.  The 
private  buildings  destroyed,  in  number  about  SIX  HUNDRED, 
would  require  a  long  catalogue  to  enumerate  particularly. 

But  besides  the  buildings,  immense  quantities  of  books,  valua- 
ble papers,  money,  household  furniture,  wares,  merchandise  and 
produce  were  destroyed. 

Language  is  entirely  inadequate  to  the  description  of  the  sub- 
lime and  awful  scene  of  Sunday,  or  to  convey  an  adequate  idea  of 
the  appearance  of  ruin  and  desolation  which  our  town  presents. 

Many  who  on  the  morning  of  that  day  were  in  the  full  enjoy- 
ment of  all  the  ordinary  blessings  of  life  have  now  nothing  left  to 
jthem  but  the  single  suit  of  clothes  which  they  then  wore.  Not  a 
morsel  in  store  either  of  bread  or  of  meat,  to  meet  the  common  de- 
mands of  nature. 

Amid  such  total  overthrow  of  their  pecuniary  prospects,  we  are 
happy  to  say,  there  seems  to  be  a  general  manifestation  of  fortitude, 
and  manly  resignation,  under  this  afflictive  dispensation  of  Provid- 
ence, together  with  a  confidence  that  He  who  hath  visited  us  will 
provide  us  with  the  means  to  bear  this  visitation.  The  spirit  of  en- 
terprise is  far,  very  far  from  being  crushed.  The  entire  loss  is  es- 
timated at  One  Million  and  a  Half  Dollars. 
TOWN   MEETING. 

J.  W.  Wright,  Esq.,  called  to  the  chair.  W.  J.  Anderson  appoint- 
ed Secretary.     The  Chairman  explained  the  object  of  the  meeting, 


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viz:  to  relieve  the  distress  of  the  poor  and  destitute,  occasioned  by 
the  late  fire. 

RESOLVED,  As  the  sense  of  this  Town  Meeting  that  the  Com- 
missioners of  the  Town  of  Fayetteville  be  authorized  to  borrow 
from  the  Banks  in  this  place  a  sum  not  exceeding  Pour  Thousand 
Dollars,  to  the  security  and  payment  of  which  the  taxes,  property 
and  faith  of  the  town  is  hereby  solemnly  pledged,  and  that  the  said 
money  or  so  much  thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  invested  under 
their  direction  in  provisions  and  retailed  out  to  the  citizens  at  the  low- 
est possible  prices,  and  where  there  are  any  unable  to  purchase,  to 
those  sufficient  supplies  be  gratituously  distributed,  and  that  they 
expend  for  any  other  public  exigencies  any  part  of  the  above  sum. 

NOTICE. 

The  Depository  of  Provisions  for  the  supply  of  sufferers  by  the 
late  fire  is  established  on  the  second  floor  of  Hall  &  Johnson's  large 
Warehouse,  on  Gillespie  street,  under  the  superintendency  of  Thos. 
Sandford — where  those  who  can  pay  for  such  provisions  as  may  be 
necessary,  may  be  supplied  on  reasonable  terms,  and  those  who 
CANNOT  PAY  may  get  supplies  without  money. 

C.  P.  MALLETT,  Chairman. 

The  late  Mr.  E.  W.  Wilkins  told  the  writer  that  he  was  a  direc- 
tor in  the  branch  01  the  United  States  Bank  at  Fp„yetteville,  at  the 
time  of  the  fire,  and  that  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors it  was  agreed  to  allow  every  debtor  to  the  Bank  to  renew  his 
note  one  time  without  inquiring  as  to  his  financial  standing,  and  that 
this  action  saved  the  town  from  universal  bankruptcy. 

Were  this  an  outdoor  meeting  we  should  say:  "Hats  off,  and 
three  cheers  to  the  memory  of  our  fathers." 

Immediately  after  the  fire  of  '31,  Mr.  Buxton  went  North  to  raise 
money.  We  have  no  report  from  him  of  this  disagreeable  duty.  Tra- 
dition tells  tales  of  his  having  a  hard  time,  with  some  bright  spots, 
notably  Boston,  whose  people  received  him  kindly,  and  contributed 
a  larger  sum  than  was  given  anywhere  else,  besides  a  bell  for  St. 
John's,  and  a  fire  engine  for  the  town,  which  after  many  years'  use 
was  buried  in  the  avalanche  of  progress,  so-called. 

We  are  tempted  to  say  that  in  our  business  life  we  have  never 
met  with  such  commercial  honor,  and  fair  dealing  anywhere  as  we 
have  seen  shown  by  Boston. 

With  the  money  collected  by  Mr.  Buxton,  and  that  raised  at 
home,  the  Church  was  rebuilt  on  the  old  walls,  a  number  of  spires 
taking  the  place  of  the  old  steeple.  This  Church,  while  handsome  in 
many  respects,  does  not  equal  the  original. 

Many  of  our  leading  citizens,  including  many,  of  course,  of  St. 


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John's,  were  ruined  by  the  great  fire  and  removed.    Our  town  never 
recovered  from  this  great  calamity. 

We  turn  now  to  the  Vestry  Records.  Beginning  in  1842.  We  are 
told  that  all  records  save  the  Register  were  burned  in  '31.  But  what 
became  of  those  from  that  time  to  '42? 

1842,  April  4th.  The  Records  of  tbe  Vestry  show  a  meeting? 
WHERE  THE  VESTRY  ELECTED  A  VESTRY  for  the  ensuing  year 
—viz:  C.  P.  Mallett,  E.  L.  Winslow,  C.  T.  Haigh,  John  Huske,  E.  J. 
Hale,  T.  N.  Cameron,  J  W.  Sandford,  T.  L.  Hybart,  J.  Carmon,  L.  D. 
Henry,  James  Kyle,  I.  Wetmore,  J.  W.  Wright,  Robert  Strange — 14. 

April  18th.  Mr.  Huske,  from  the  committee  appointed  at  a  pre- 
vious meeting,  made  a  detailed  report,  showing  the  financial  condi- 
tion of  this  Church,  from  its  foundation  up  to  the  19th  of  April,  1842, 
which  was  unanimously  adopted. — [Note — and  lost. — C.  W.  B.] 

1851,  Jan.  11th.  On  this  day  the  Bishop  Ives  controversy,  brew- 
ing for  several  years,  was  ended  so  far  as  St.  John's  was  concerned, 
*by  the  adoption  of  a  report  made  by  J  W.  Wright,  E.  L.  Winslow 
End  E.  J.  Hale,  from  which  we  uuote  a  paragraph: 

"We  are  Protestants,  and  we  believe  of  the  Church  to  which  we 
belong,  in  the  language  of  one  of  our  Bishops,  'that  there  is  not  at 
this  day,  in  the  wide  world,  a  Church  which  so  fully  deserves  the 
fervent  affection  of  her  priests,  and  the  zealous  confidence  of  her 
people.'  Believing  so,  we  cannot  consent  to  peril  the  continuance  of 
our  privilege  by  admitting  any  innovations,  but  must  do  what  in 
us  lies  to  transmit  the  blessings  we  enjoy  unimpaired,  to  those  who 
follow  us." 

May  28th.  The  Convention  of  the  Diocese  was  held  in  St.  John's 
in  May,  to  which  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Buxton  made  his  report,  transcribed 
into  the  Register  by  his  own  hand,  on  Tuesday,  May  28th.  He  died 
on  Friday,  May  30th. 

We  copy  it  in  full:  "The  twentieth  year  of  the  Rector's  cbM-ge 
of  this  Parish  having  closed  with  this  Convention,  he  begs  leave  to 
report  the  following  statistics  from  the  Parish  Register.  He  entered 
upon  this  charge  in  May,  1831,  when  sixty  Communicants  were  re- 
ported to  Convention  that  year.  Of  this  original  number  sixteen 
have  departed  this  life;  twenty-three  have  removed,  leaving  twenty- 
one  now  comprehended  within  the  staff  of  the  Church. 

Since  the  period  referred  to  he  has  reported  the  following  bap- 
tisms: 

Adults — white,  60;  colored — 44 ...104 

Infants — white,   319;    colored — 70 389 


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Beyond    this    Parish 27 

Total 520 

Confirmations,  230. 

Communicants  added:  White,  251;  colored,  GO — 311. 

Of  the  above  of  the  white  36  have  died. 

Of  the  above  of  the  whit^e  96  have  removed. 

Present  number — White  140;  colored,  30.    Total,  170. 

Marriages — White,  61;   colored,  30. 

Funerals — White  149;  colored  48 — 197. 

Four  public  executions  have  been  solemnized — one  each  in  Cum- 
berland, Bladen,  Johnson,  Richmond. 

The  convicts  were  vis  ted  in  prison,  and  on  their  confession  of 
sins,  and  profession  of  Faith  in  Christ  were  baptized  for  the  remis- 
sion of  guilt,  and  were  administered  the  Koly  Communion.  So  true 
is  it,  that  capital  punishment  is  a  Means  of  Grace,  which  for  the  re- 
mission of  Scarlet  Sin,  God  hath  instituted  and  ordained,  and  for  the 
administration  of  which  the  Church"  has  provided. 

1851,  May  30th.  Meeting  adopted  suitable  resolutions  on  the 
death  of  Rev.  J.  B.  Buxton. 

Resolved:     That  while  indulging  our  grief  for  this  privation  so 
startling,  and  unexpected  to  us,  we  have  the  cheering  confidence 
mat  our  loss  has  been  his  incalculable  gain,  and  that  our  beloved 
Pastor  is  now  in  the  enjoyment  of  those  rewards  that  await  the  faith- 
ful Soldiers  of  Christ." 

July  29th.     Rev.  J.  C.  Hus!<e  called. 

1854,  Feb.  4th.     Resolutions  on  death  of  J.  W.  Wright. 

For  thirty  years  a  Warden,  who  has  been  one  of  its  most  earnest 
and  competent  members,  devoting  his  time  and  money  to  its  inter- 
ests, because  it  is  the  Church  of  His  Living  God,  whom  he  so  long 
and  so  earnestly  loved  and  into  whose  rest  we  have  a  reasonable 
and  religious  hope  that  his  spirit  v/as  fully  prepared  to  enter." 
Feb.  20th.     Hon.  Robert  Strange. 

"That  in  his  death  the  community  has  lost  a  distinguished  and 
valuable  citizen,  the  Church  a  sincere,  devoted  and  liberal  member, 
and  his  associates  in  this  body,  one  to  whom  they  were  bound  by 
strong  ties  of  respect  and  affection." 

1862,  May  10 — Wardens  authorized  to  tender  to  Confederate  Gov- 
ernment bell  belonging  to  St.  John's.  Note — The  only  minute  relat- 
ing to  the  War  during  its  existence. — C.  W.  B. 


22  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

This  gives  us  license  to  speak  of  the  patriotism  of  St.  John's  and 
indeed  of  our  community  during  the  War  Between  the  States.  Our 
people  were  loyal,  intensely,  enthusiastically  loyal  to  the  Confeder- 
acy. 

Their  leader  was  E.  J.  Hale  the  elder,  perhaps  the  most  influen- 
tial private  citizen  in  the  Confederate  States. 

1567,  June  10th.  On  this  day,  for  the  first  time,  the  Vestry  adopt- 
ed a  report  on  Finances,  ordered  same  to  be  printed,  and  laid  be- 
fore the  Congregation.  From  now  on  we  find  frequent  financial 
troubles  in  St.  John's,  committees  to  make  collections,  etc.,  urgent 
appeals  to  congregational  meetings,  to  be  bridged  over  at  last  only 
by  calling  on  the  ladies  of  the  congregation,  who  never  failed  to  lift 
tliis  "Ship  of  Zion"  off  the  sand  bar,  and  set  it  afloat.  The  reasons 
for  all  this  lie  deeper  than  the  surface;  we  try  to  give  some  of  them. 

1st.  Our  people  have  never  fully  recovered  from  Sherman's  vis- 
it and  the  results  of  the  War,  in  destruction  of  property,  and  com- 
pulsory removal  of  large  numbers. 

2nd.  Our  fathers  were  well  to  do,  and  we  followed  their  habits 
oi  spending,  without  their  opportunitites  of  gain. 

3rd.    And  most  powerful  of  all,  we  have  failed  to  remember  "the 
Scripture."     "Thy  Silver  and  Thy  Gold  is  Mine." 

1568,  Jan.  9th.    Char'es  T.  Haigh's  death. 

"For  fifty  years  a  communicant,  most  of  that  time  a  vestryman, 
for  twenty  years  a  Warden. 

The  church  in  North  Carolina  has  lost  a  devoted  son,  this  con- 
gregation one  of  its  most  earnest  ,  efficient  and  liberal  members,  the 
Vestry  the  leader  in  all  good  works  and  its  experienced  guide  in  dif- 
ficulties." 

Api'il  13th.  Leave  granted  the  Ladies'  Benevolent  Society  of 
St.  John's  to  erect  a  suitable  building  on  the  lot  in  rear  of  the 
Church  to  be  used  as  a  Sunday  School,  and  also  a  vDay  School  for 
Charity  Scholars. 

This  was  built  chiefly  by  the  untiring  energy  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
C  Hinsdale,  who  worked  for  it,  begged  for  it,  built  it,  and  overlook- 
ed it  for  years,  as  a  labor  of  love,  at  a  time  of  great  financial  de- 
pression. It  was  the  first  effort,  after  the  War,  made  for  free  tui- 
tion, in  this  part  of  the  State,  or  in  the  whole  State,  as  far  as  we 
know.     A  monument  to  her  abundant  charity. 

1872,  July  8th,  C.  B.  Mailett,  Resolutions: 

"That  in  the  death  of  our  brother,  the  Parish  of  St.  John's  has 
lost  an  efficient  officer  and  the  Church  a  devoted  son.     That  while 


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we  mourn  the  loss  of  our  departed  brother,  we  feel  consoled  with 
tile  hope  that  through  the  merits  of  the  Redeemer  he  has  only  been 
removed  from  the  Church  on  earth,  to  the  Church  glorified  in  Heav- 
en." 

Sept.  Gth.    J.  N.  Smith. 

"That  in  his  untimely  death  this  body  has  lost  a  zealous  mem- 
ber, and  the  Church  a  devoted  son." 

1873,  April  4th.  The  congregation  relinquished  its  rights  as  to 
Cjualifications  of  voters,  in  Parochial  Elections,  as  established  by 
custom,  and  agreed  to  be  governed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Church. 

1S75,  Oct.  8th.     Joshua  Carmon. 

"Whereas  our  venerable  brother,  Joshua  Carmon  has  been  call- 
ed to  his  rest,  at  the  end  of  a  long  and  godly  life,  after  having  serv- 
ed as  a  member  of  this  body  since  a  time  beyond  the  memory  of  his 
oldest  surviror;  and, 

"Whereas,  in  all  our  intercourse  with  him  he  has  illustrated  the 
beauty  of  a  holy  walk,  a  liberal  spirit,  and  an  overflowing  charity. 

"Therefore  Resolved,  That  we  bless  God's  Holy  Name,  for  this 
His  servant  departed  this  life  in  His  faith  and  fear,  beseeching  Him 
to  give  us  grace  so  to  follow  his  good  example  that  with  him  we  may 
bi.  partakers  of  the  Heavenly  Kingdom." 

1878— June  10th.     W.  J.  Anderson. 

"He  was  a  kind  and  genial  gentleman  and  an  earnest  Christian. 
Of  him  it  may  be  truthfully  ocJd:  He  served  God  in  his  generation 
and  is  now  gathered  unto  his  fathers  having  the  testimony  of  a 
good  conscience,  in  the  Communion  of  the  Catholic  Church,  and  in 
the  confidence  of  a  certain  faith." 

1881,  Jan.  10th.  Thomas  Atkinson,  D.  D.  LL.  D.  Bishop. 
Resolved,  That  the  Church  at  large  and  the  Diocese  of  North 
Carolina  in  particular,  has  lost,  by  the  death  of  our  beloved  Chief 
Pastor,  and  eminent  Bishop,  who  was  saintly  in  life,  sound  in  devo- 
tion, weighty  in  Council,  mighty  in  the  preached  word,  gentle  unto 
all  men,  having  a  good  report  of  them  which  are  without,  being  an 
example  of  the  believers,  in  word,  in  conversation,  in  charity,  in 
spirit,  in  faith,  in  pf  rity,  blameless  as  the  Servant  of  Cod." 

Feb.  24th.    James  Kyle. 

A  member  for  more  than  fifty  years,  and  for  a  great  many  years 
a  V'  j  try  man. 

Resolved:      "That  in  the  death  of  our    venerable    friend,    the 
.lurch  has  lost  a  warm  hearted  and  devoted  member,  who  was  at- 


24  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

tached  to  Her  service  and  was  always  reqdy    to  respond    to    Her 
needs. 

1S83,  Jan.  1st.     Edward  Jones  Hale. 

"To  do  honor  to  the  memory  of  a  man  who  did  honor  to  himself 
by  a  long  life  of  incorruptible  integrity,  patriotism,  religion  and  de- 
votion to  the  Church  of  God."  Judge  MacRae  read  the  following  me- 
morial paper,  prepared  at  the  request  of  the  Rector: 

Edward  Jones  Hale  was  born  in  the  County  of  Randolph  on  the 
21st  of  October,  1802.  In  his  early  manhood  he  came  to  Fayetteville, 
N.  C,  engaged  in  business,  and  soon  became  prominent  among  her 
ltading  citizens.  Confirmed  by  Bishop  Ravenscroft  in  March  1829, 
and  in  the  same  year,  as  for  many  years  thereafter,  he  represented 
St.  John's  in  the  Diocesan  Conventions.  Was  a  member  of  the  Ves- 
try as  early  as  1837,  and  probably  for  several  years  before,  and  re- 
mained a  member  of  the  Vestry  until  his  removal  to  the  City  of 
New  York  in  1866. 

As  a  Churchman  and  Vestryman  he  was  interested  in  all  that 
cc  ncerned  the  welfare  of  the  Church,  and  of  the  Parish,  and  was  ac- 
tive and  conscientious  in  the  performance  of  all  the  duties  devolving 
upon  him;  his  liberality  was  unbounded;  his  charity  was  large  and 
comprehensive.  Of  his  eminent  public  services  rendered  by  choice 
in  his  private  relation  as  a  citizen;  of  the  dignity  with  which  he 
clothed  the  profession  of  Journalism;  of  the  virtue  and  honor  which 
decorated  his  character  as  a  man;  of  his  public  spirit,  his  promin- 
ence in  every  undertaking  which  had  in  view  the  prosperity  of  the 
ccmmunity,  it  is  not  for  us  to  speak,  but  we  would  record  here  this 
token  of  our  grateful  sense  of  the  good  example  of  his  Christian 
character,  showing  more  and  more  brightly  to  the  end  of  his  long 
and  useful  life,  his  tender  love  for  the  Church  of  God,  his  open  hand 
to  her  necessities,  and  his  steadfast  devotion  to  Her  interests. 
Though  separated  from  us  in  his  later  years,  it  is  a  pleasure  to  us  to 
know  that  his  heart  was  fondly  turned  to  these  scenes  of  his  man- 
hood's prime,  to  this  Church  where  his  vows  were  made  and  sealed 
in  the  Body  and  Blood  of  the  Blessed  Sacrament,  and  to  the  spot 
nearby  where  rest  his  brethren  and  friends.  And  we  thank  God  for 
the  belief  that  he,  "being  steadfast  in  faith,  joyful  through  hope,  and 
rooted  in  charity,  has  so  passed  the  waves  of  this  troublesome 
world,  that  finally  he  has  come  to  the  land  of  everlasting  life." 

1884,  Dec.  22nd.  Rev.  Robert  Strange  nominated  by  Rector,  and 
confirmed  as  Assistant  Rector. 

1886,  Dec.  31st     J.  W.  Strange. 


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He     wrought     out     no     new     inventions     in     religion.     He 
was        a  staunch        Christian,        he        followed        the        "Old 

Paths"  and  in  all  his  walks,  he  never  swerved  from  the  faith  of 
his  fathers.  Amid  the  cares  of  life  he  preserved  his  integrity;  he 
was  honorable  and  upright;  a  Christian  and  a  gentleman,  and  fear- 
ed God,  and  his  end  was  peace. 

1887,  April  29th.     Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson  called  as  Assistant  Rec- 
tor.    Accepted  and  entered  upon  his  duties  Sunday,  June  19th. 

Oct.  28th.  Resolved:  That  all  the  pews  in  St.  John's  Church 
be,  and  are  hereby  declared  FREE  SEATS, 'except  Nos.  9,  36,  44,  50. 
Thus  after  many  years  the  error  of  our  fathers  was  corrected. 

1888,  Feb.  17th.  Repairs  on  Church  building  determined  on. 
This  meant  recess  chancel,  center  aisle,  etc. 

April  28th.  Resignation  of  Dr.  J.  C.  Huske  as  Rector  accepted, 
served  thirty-seven  years,  and  his  election  as  Rector  Emeritus  fol- 
lowed at  once. 

Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson  elected  Rector.  These  changes  to  take 
effect  upon  the  adjournment  of  the  Council  to  be  held  in  St.  John's 
in  May. 

May  1st.  The  correspondence  between  these  Rectors  and  the 
Vestry  was  read  and  ordered  spread  upon  the  minutes,  and  will 
well  repay  a  careful  reading. 

1890,  April  25th.  Decided  to  buy  lot  North  of  Church  for  a  Rec- 
tory. 

1893,  March  30.  Maj.  William  Huske.  "That  in  the  death  of  thi.s 
excellent  gentleman  our  church  has  lost  a  worthy  and  consistent 
member,  and  our  community  an  upright  and  useful  citizen. 

Nov.  4th.  Resignation  of  Rev.  Thomas  Atkinson  accepted.  Call- 
ec'  to  St.  Barnabas,  Baltimore,  Md.     Served  six  years. 

1894,  June  15th.    "Resolved:  That  we  have  heard  with  deep  sor- 
row of  the  death  which  occurred  yesterday,  of  our  esteemed  friend 
and  brother,  Samuel  J.  Hinsdale,  for  more  than  twenty  years  Sen- 
ior Warden  of  this  Parish. 

"Resolved:  That  in  his  death,  the  Church  has  lost  a  devoted 
son;  our  Parish  has  lost  a  faithful  officer;  and  the  community  a  val- 
uable citizen." 

July  3rd.  Rev.  Isaac  Hughes  called,  accepted  and  entered 
upon  his  duties. 

1897,  Jan.  15th.     Dr.  J.  C,  Huske. 
"That     ouf     departed     friend,     so     long     our     Pastor       and 


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spiritual  guide,  was  not  only  a  blessing  to  the 
Church  of  St.  John's  Parish,  but  also  to  the  community  of  Fayette- 
ville,  where  he  was  born  and  raised,  and  passed  the  greater  part  of 
his  life. 

This  his  death  is  a  loss  to  the  church  at  large,  in  whose  Coun- 
cil, General  and  Diocesan,  he  so  often  participated." 

[When  we  think  of  him,  these  words  of  the  Great  Apostle  of  the 
Gentiles  come  to  mind  and  will  not  be  put  back:  "I  have  fought  a 
good  fight,  I  have  finished  my  course,  I  have  kept  the  faith.  Hence- 
forth there  is  laid  up  for  me  a  crown  or  righteousness." — C.  W.  B] 

1898,  April  5th.  Ladies'  Altar  Guild  given  leave  to  construct  a 
Baptistry  in  the  Southeast  corner  of  Church. 

Aug.  7th.    Vested  Choir  provided  for. 

1899,  April  8th.     St.  Phillips  to  be  constructed. 

Nov.  7th.     Hon.  R.  P.  Buxton — Minute. 

"Our  Vestry  has  lost  a  venerable  and  valued  member  one  on 
whose  conservative  counsels  we  could  always  rely.  He  was  chosen 
p  Vestryman  as  long  ago  as  1863.  He  was  conscientious  in  the  dis- 
charge of  every  duty,  and  he  was  a  most  liberal  contributor  to  every 
call  for  aid  in  the  work  of  the  Church  He  was  a  devout  and  earnest 
Churchman,  simple  and  quiet  in  his  ways,  with  always  a  kind  word, 
and  smile  for  those  with  whom  he  came  in  contact."  We  believe 
him  to  have  been  a  sincere,  just  and  pure  man,  and  an  humble 
Christian." 

Advent.    Vestry  elected  for  the  first  time  in  Advent. 

1904-,  Feb.  9th.    Vested  Choir  made  permanent. 

1905,  April  23rd.  Minute— In  Memoriam,  BISHOP  WATSON. 
"  Bishop  Watson  filled  the  office  for  over  twenty  years,  con- 
scientiously, laboriously  and  most  faithfully.  His  Episcopate,  like 
that  of  St.  Paul,  was  notable  for  its  unselfish  devotion  to  duty  and 
its  superabundant  labors.  He  was  a  great  teacher,  a  sound  theolo- 
gian, a  Prayer  Book  Churchman,  and  a  sincere  and  humble  Chris- 
tian. Over  a  half  century  ago  he  was  ordained  in  this  venerable 
Lnurch  building,  and  throughout  his  long  ministry  he  ever  exhibit- 
ed a  tender  love  for  this  Parish,  and  for  the  descendants  of  those 
v/no  were  worshipping  bere  when  he  was  ordained.  His  first  official 
act  was  the  ordination  of  the  one,  who  in  God's  Providence  has  been 
called  to  take  up  the  ai  duous  work  now  forever  laid  down  by  him  " 
[Note — The  first  act  of  his  successor,  we  have  been  told,  after 
his  consecration,  was  to  go  to  the  bedside  of  the  dying  Bishop,  and 
reverently  ask  him  to  lay  his  bands  upon  his  head,  and  give  him  his 


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Apostolic  benediction,  which  was  reverently  done. — C.  W.  B.] 

Mr.  W.  N.  Tillinghast,  Senior  Warden,  on  this  ossasiqn  said  of 
him:  "Were  1  to  choose  one  word  as  a  type  of  his  character  as  a 
Christian,  a  priest  of  God,  and  a  true  man,  that  word  would  be 
"steadfastness."  He  was  steadfast  in  the  Faith,  in  the  love  of  God 
and  of  his  fellowman,  in  charity,  and  good  works  in  the  mainten- 
ance of  the  standards  of  the  Church.  He  most  certainly  made  the 
adminition  of  St.  Paul  to  Titus  the  rule  of  his  life.  He  understood 
'well  too,  that  other  truth — "and  every  man  that  striveth  for  the 
Mastery  is  temperate  in  all  things." 

1907,  Mar.  5.     W.  N.  Tillinghast  resigns  ar  Senior  Warden. 

1909,  Aug  9th.  Resignation  of  Rev.  I.  W.  Hughes,  after  almost 
fifteen  years'  service,  accepted 

1909,  Dec.  5th.     Rev  Charles  N.  Tyndall  called. 

Dec.  10th.  B.  R.  Huske  resigns  as  Superintendent  of  Sunday 
School,  after  twenty-five  years  of  service.  S.  W.  Tillinghast  succeeds 
him 

1910,  Feb.  1st.    Rev.  C.  N.  Tyndall  accepts. 

March  1st.  Office  of  Financial  Secretary  abolished.  End  of  of- 
ficial service  of  W.  N.  Tillinghast,  begun  as  teacher  in  Sunday 
School,  while  in  his  teens.  Served  for  over  60  years  consecutively, 
"with  long  life   will   I  satisfy  him,   and   show   him  my  salvation." 

1911,  Nov.  3rd.  Funds  given  for  Sunday  School  Room,  as  a  me 
morial  to  Col.  W.  J.  Green,  by  his  widow  and  daughters. 

[Note. — Fitting  memorial  to  a  genial,  whole-hearted  gentleman 
of  the  old  school,  gifted  by  nature  with  many  of  the  manly  virtues, 
which  first  attract  men  and  then  hold  them  fast  in  bonds  of  lasting 
friendship.  He  was  at  Iris  best  under  his  own  roof-tree,  dispensing 
a  generous  hospitality,  seconded  by  the  gracious  ladies  of  his  house- 
hold.—C.  W.  B.J 

1912,  May  11th.    Work  at  Victory  Mills  taken  up. 

Oct.  10th.  Resignation  of  Rev.  Mr.  Tyndall  accepted  to  take  ef- 
fect Nov.  1st. 

Dec.  ISth.    Rev.  Archer  Boogher  called. 

1913,  Aug.   19th.     N.  B.   Alexander. 

"As  one  who  loved  his  Church  and  gave  freely  of  his  best  for 
its  welfare,  as  cne  who  had  the  courage  of  his  convictions,  bold  in 
condemning  evil,  fervent  in  commending  righteousness,  which  he 
did  with  rare  eloquence.  . 


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That  the  Vestry  appreciates  most  highly  his  conscientious  ser- 
vices rendered  this  Parish  during  his  long  term  of  office  as  Vestry- 
man. 

1914,  Aug.  24th.     Death  of  Bishop  Strange. — Minute. 

"To  this  Parish,  and  this  city,  the  death  of  Bishop  Strange  comes 
with  peculiar  sadness.  St.  John's  Church  and  this  entire  community 
(irrespective  of  creed)  loved  Bishop  Strange.  He  began  his  minis- 
try here,  assisting  our  former  beloved  Rector,  Dr.  Huske,  this  being 
the  ancestral  home  of  his  forebears.  It  is  unnecessary  to  dwell 
upon  the  beauty  of  his  character;  it  was  an  open  book  to  everyone. 
In  our  sorrow  we  can  be  comforted  by  knowing  that  he  served  his 
Maker  all  the  clays  of  his  life." 

1916,  Jan.  4th.  Death  of  J.  J.  Crosswell— Minute. 
"His  cheerfulness  when  others  were  despondent,  and  his  gen- 
erosity, in  time  of  need,  has  been  a  sustaining  help  to  his  fellow 
Vestrymen  many  times  during  his  long  and  faithful  service;  his 
good  example  will  be  long  remembered.  He  was  devoted  to  his 
Church,  kind,  generous  and  true  to  his  fellowmen,  over  whose 
faults  he  gently  threw  the  mantle  of  charity.  Of  him  it  may  well  be 
said:     "Not  slothful  in  business,  fervent  in  spirit,  serving  the  Lord." 

We  purpose  now  to  pay  short  tributes  to  some  of  our  church 
members,   who  by  reason  of  their  prominence  and  the   esteem  is 
which  they  were  held,  ought  not  to  be  passed  over. 
James  C.  Dobbin,  Jr. 

Frail  as  a  flower,  small  of  statue,  gifted  by  nature  with  some  of 
her  choicest  gifts,  notably  that  of  eloquence.  He  surpassed  in  speak- 
ing his  father,  Hon.  J.  C.  Dobbin,  the  three  Stranges,  Judge,  Soli- 
citor, and  Bishop,  and  Col.  D.  K.  MacRae,  all  of  whom  had  State-wide 
reputation  as  orators  of  the  highest  order. 
General  T.  H.  Holmes. 

After  an  active  life  of  plenty,  this  soldier  of  his  country,  and  of 
the  Cross,  bore  the  pains  and  penalties  of  poverty  with  such  humil- 
ity as  to  show  to  all  about  him  that    his  heart     was  "surely     fixed 
where  true  joys  are  to  be  found."     We  quote  from  a  letter  to  the 
.  writer  from  President  Jefferson  Davis : 

"In  cur  long  acquaintance,  beginning  when  we  were  Cadets  at 
West  Point,  and  including  service  together  on  the  Indian  Frontier, 
in  Mexico,  and  in  the  War  between  the  States,  our  friendship  was 
never  interrupter!  for  an  hour,  and  my  confidence  and  respect,  as 
well  for  his  private,  as  for  his  official  character,  gathered  strength 
as  years  were  multipdied.     Faithful  to  every  trust  in  the  last  hours 


Address  of  Col.  C.  W.  Broadfoot  2^ 

of  the  Confedercay,  when  despair,  and  fear,  and  selfishness  caused 
such  dejection  as  made  the  heart  sick,  he  came  to  me  to  offer  his 
services  to  aid  me  in  getting  to  the  Trans  Mississippi." 
Dr.  B.  W.  Robinson. 

We  have  found  no  record  of  his  official  connection  with  our 
Church,  but  we  believe  that  he  considered  himself  a  member  of  St. 
John's  Parish.  At  any  rate  his  memory  shall  have  a  tribute  from  the 
writer.  He  used  to  say  that  a  doctor  ought  to  have:  "The  eagle's 
eje,  the  lion's  heart,  and  the  lady's  hand."  WE  SAY  he  had  these 
gifts  superabundantly.  In  proof  whereof,  we  remember  that  he  stood 
at  the  head  of  his  profession  in  Fayetteville  for  many  years,  with 
Gilliam,  MacRae,  Mallett,  Haigh,  McDuffie,  as  contemporaries.  His 
very  presence  in  the  sickroom  was  a  benediction. 

'Affectionately  called  "Dr.  Ben"  by  everybody,  he  served  his  fel- 
lowman  with  gentleness,  of  manner,  warmth  of  sympathy  and  con- 
summate skill. 

Albert  H,  Sloeomb. 

He  cast  his  lot  with  us  soon  after  our  war,  and  was  ever  after- 
wards one  of  us.  Here  he  married,  came  into  the  church,  and  reared  his 
family.  With  ready  hand,  open  purse,  whole-hearted,  he  lent  himself 
to  any  service  which  promised  the  good  of  Fayetteville.  In  truth 
he  was  too  open-hearted  and  frequently  became  the  victim  of  the  un- 
scrupulous. 

Mr.  Sloeomb  was  highly  educated;  had  spent  some  time  abroad, 
was  a  delightful  conversationalist,  and  a  charming  host.  Given  to 
hospitality,  his  house  was  open  to  friends,  while  nothing  pleased  him 
better  than  entertaining  visiting  strangers. 

Warm-hearted,  genial,  companionable,  he  had  many  friends  who 
admired  him  living,  and  mourn  and  miss  him  dead. 
Judge  James  C.  McRae. 

For  many  years  a  Vestryman,  he  died  at  Chapel  Hill,  and  wag 
buried  here.  We  extract  from  an  "In  Memoriam"  of  the  Fayetteville 
Bar.  ""In  these  days  of  mad  rushing,  after  money,  he  always  had 
time  for  the  LITTLE  THINGS  OF  LIFE  which  so  many  of  us  for- 
get, and  neglect,  and  so  many  more  of  us  know  nothing  about. 

He  had,  in  full  measure,  the  gift  of  giving,  which  marked  his 
family.  Of  good  manners,  genial  disposition  and  warm  heart,  he  was 
a  delightful  companion  and  staunch  friend. 

"In  charity,  as  a  reed;  in  integrity,  as  unbending  as  the  ever- 
lasting hills." 

William  A.  Guthrie. 

Came  to  Fayetteville  in  the  Fall  of  1867,  with  his  wife  not  long 
married,  his  license  to  practice  law,  and  his  commission  as  Register 


30  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

in*  Bankruptcy. 

Handicapped  by  the  duties  of  an  unpopular  office,  he  won  his 
way,  and  that  quickly,  to  a  lucrative  practice,  and  still  better  to  the 
-espect  and  esteem  of  our  community.  He  connected  himself  with 
St.  John's  Church,  and  was  confirmed  by  Bishop  Lyman  at  his  first 
Visitation,  and  was  a  Vestryman  for  many  years. 

Of  untiring  energy,  and  great  ability  as  a  lawyer,  of  engaging 
manners,  sociable,  generous,  open-hearted,  firm  in  opinion  with  the 
courage  of  his  convictions,  which  he  did  not  hesitate  to  express,  loy- 
al to  his  friends* scrupulous  in  honor,  he  took  his  proper  place,  as  a 
leader  among  men.  He  had  one  of  the  sweetest  smiles  we  ever  saw 
on  human  face.  He  removd  to  Durham  in  1887,  and  lived  there,  as 
here,  esteemed  by  everybody.  Ithuriel  touched  him  with  his  spear, 
while  on  his  knees  at  prayer,  and  called  him  to  his  reward. 

We  laid  him  down  beside  wife  and  daughter,  on  the  banks  of 
Cross  Creek,  surrounded  by  friends  who  loved  him,  and  whom  he 
loved. 

John  W.  Maliett. 

Our  senior  by  one  month,  schoolmates,  college  mates,  privates 
in  the  First  Regiment  from  our  State.  We  had  his  friendship  hand- 
ed down  on  both  sides,  for  two  generations.  As  an  old  time  darky 
once  said  to  us,  speaking  of  another.  "He  belonged  to  the  royal 
families  of  Fayetteville."  A  grandson  of  the  late  Charles  P. 
Maliett,  and  John  W.  Wright  he  was  a  representative  man  of  St. 
John's.  His  was  a  lovable  character.  He  was  a  "Mother's  boy."  All 
his  work,  tastes  and  joys  centered  about  the  rooftree. 

"And  as  a  hare,  whom  hounds  and  horns  pursue, 
Pants  to  the  place  from  whence  at  first  he  flew, 
Here  he  returned— and  died  at  home  at  last." 

We  have  heard  many  tributes  to  St.  John's  dead.  Why  not 
speak  these  kind  words  to  friends,  and  loved  ones  as  we  meet  on 
life's  journey,  indeed  why  not  speak  them  to  everyone?  A  kind 
word,  a  pleasant  look,  even,  sometimes  cheers  an  aching  heart.  Why 
not  give  the  full  blown  flower  in  all  its  beauty  and  fragrance  to  the 
living,  instead  of  placing  a  sprig  of  immortelle  on  the  grave? 


IN  GENERAL 

We  come  now  to  speak  of  St.  John's  in  general  terms.  We 
have  had  our  full  share  of  Churchly  honors  as  well  as  work.  St. 
John's  furnished  a  Secretary  for  the  Diocese  for  about  fifty-eight 


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years,  consecutively,  from  1817  to  1875,  in  the  persons  of  Dr. 
Bedell,  Edward  L.  Winslow,  and  W.  N.  Tillinghast,  and  a  Treasurer 
in  the  person  of  John  W.  Wright  for  thirty  years  next  preceding 
his  death.  The  first  Convention  in  1818  placed  on  its  Standing 
Committee  Rev.  Mr.  Judd  and  John  Winslow,  and  from  that  day 
to  this  (now  in  the  person  of  Mr.  F.  R.  Rose.)  She  has  had 
place  on  this  most  important  Committee,  located  here  for  many 
years  by  reason  of  having  a  majority  of  its  members  living  here. 
This  same  convention  at  Newbern  sent  to  the  General  Convention 
as  Clerical  Delegate,  Rev.  Mr.  Judd.  Since  then,  St.  John's  has 
been  represented  in  the  General  Convention  by  Dr.  Huske,  and  oth- 
ers, Clerical  Delegates  from  time  to  time,  and  by  Lay  Delegates 
also,  to  the  last  Convention  in  the  person  of  Maj.  B.  R.  Huske. 

St.  John's  has  "planted  and  watered"  Christ  Church,  Rockfish, 
now  Hope  Mills,  St.  Thomas'  Hybart's  Hill,  St.  Philip's  Campbellton, 
and  St.  Joseph's  (colored),  Fayetteville,  N.  C,  and  the  present 
flourishing  Mission  at  Victory  Mills. 

She  has  "sent  forth  laborers  into  Thy  Harvest,"  sons  nurtured 
in  her  bosom.  Cameron  F.  MacRae,  Jarvis  Buxton,  Joseph  C. 
Huske,  George  B.  Wetmore,  William  R.  Wetmore,  John  H.  Tilling- 
hast, John  A.  Deal,  John  Huske,  Kirkland  Huske,  Bartholomew  F. 
Huske,  and  Joseph  N.  Starr,  of  whom  the  "Lord  of  the  Harvest" 
hath  called  McRae,  Buxton,  both  Wetmores,  J.  C.  Huske,  John 
Huske,  and  Joseph  N.  Starr,  who  have  returned  "bringing  their 
sheaves  with  them." 

Mr.  McRae  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Maryland,  and 
left  a  good  report.  The  good  that  Dr.  Buxton  did  in  the  moun- 
tains of  North  Carolina,  will  last  as  long  as  the  mountains  them- 
selves. So  too,  the  good  wrought  by  Drs.  George  and  William  Wet- 
more, in  the  Piedmont  Hills  of  North  Carolina  will  last  as  long  as 
their  rivers  roll  their  waters  to  the  sea.  Of  Dr.  Huske  "Si  queris  mon- 
umentum,  circum  spice."  The  most  beautiful  tribute  ever  paid 
him  was  that  by  a  woman,  when  she  had  inscribed  on  a  mural 
ttblet  in  St.  Joseph's  Church  the  words — "Christ's  faithful  soldier 
and  servant  to  His  life's  end." 

Mr.  Starr's  race  was  cut  off  all  too  soon.  Mr.  John  Huske 
spent  his  time  at  the  North,  where  his  warm  Southern  heart,  and 
handshake  added  greatly  to  his  usefulness  and  popularity. 

St.  John's  has  always  had  a  Sunday  School,  most  of  the  time 
in  a  flourishing  condition.  We  could  name  dozens  of  our  citizens 
who  owe  to  it  their  religious  training.  As  a  stepping-stone  to  the 
Church  it  has  given  a  good  start  in  life  to  many. 

Solomon,  however,  did  not  admonish  Sunday  School  teachers.  A 
mother's  knee  is  the  rock  upon  which  our  (individual)  faith  rests, 


32  Centennial  Celebration  of  St.  John's  Church 

and  "the  gates  of  Hell  shall  not  prevail  against  it." 

Dr.  Bedell  says  of  music:  "That  most  sublime  part  of  Public  Wor- 
ship." 

St.  John's  has  had  four  pipe  organs.  First  burned  in  '31.  Second 
sold  to  the  Church  at  Charlotte,  N.  C.  Third,  exchanged  for  present 
one,  which  has  had  seyeral  ups  and  downs.  Like  "Noah's  weary 
dove"  it  has  found  a  resting  place  at  last. 

Our  Church  music  has  been  on  the  whole  of  a  high  order.  Maj. 
A.  M.  Campbel  had  a  deep  base  voice,  as  true  as  his  own  character, 
was  a  Vestryman  for  many  years,  and  died  universally  respected. 

Mr.  John  C.  Haigh  sang  tenor  with  a  clear,  ringing  voice  de- 
lightful to  hear.  What  a  joyous  life  was  his — joyous  to  all  around 
him,  because  joyous  to  himself. 

E.  J.  Hardin,  with  a  voice  trained  to  almost  perfect  harmony, 
a  delightful  companion,  brimful  of  life  and  energy,  beneath  it  all, 
a  man  to  be  held  in  highest  esteem. 

As  to  the  ladies  who  sang  we  name  Miss  Cynthia  Hardin,  Mrs. 
David  Anderson,  Miss  Margaret  Mallett,  Miss  Eilzabeth  W.  Holmes. 
As  to  their  music,  we  pronounce  woman's  voice  to  be  the  sweetesi 
music  we  ever  heard. 

St.  John's  has  always  had  devout  and  humble  colored  mem- 
bers, among  whom  we  recall  Sam  Mackey,  Matthew  Leary,  John 
Leary,  Abel  Payne,  John  Stewart,  Dan  Buxton,  James  R.  McNeill, 
all  of  whom  have  fallen  asleep  looking  for  a  "joyful  resurrection 
at  the  Last  Day." 

St.  John's  has  had  many  beautiful  and  costly  gifts.  "In  me- 
moriam,"  and  others  costly  and  useful,  such  as  funds  given  by 
Mrs.  Emma  Pemberton,  with  which  the  Parish  House  was  built. 

The  ladies  of  St.  John's  have  led  the  men,  as  they  always  do, 
in  good  works.  They  have  organized  Benevolent  Societies,  Altar 
Guilds,  Woman's  Auxiliaries,  Rector's  Aid  Societies  and  others,  as 
methods  for  co-operative  work.  Besides,  they  ha\e,  as  individuals, 
housed  the  poor,  clothed  the  naked,  fed  the  hungry,  comforted 
those  in  affliction,  visited  the  sick  and  lifted  up  the  fallen.  "And 
the  King  shall  answer  and  say  unto  them:  "Verily  I  say  unto 
you,  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these 
my  brethren  ye  have  done  it  unto  Me." 

"Who  are  these  in  bright  array, 

This  innumerable  throng, 
Round  the  altar,  night  and  day, 

Tuning  their  triumphant  song." 

We  name  reverently,  lovingly — Mrs.  John  Winslow,  Mrs.  Jane 


Address  of  Col.  C.  W.  Broadfoot  33 

Wilkins,  Mrs.  May  C.  Baker,  Mrs.  Jane  Kyle,  Mrs.  Margaret  Mallett, 
Mrs.  Eliza  Hybart,  Mrs.  Mary  Frances  Lutterloh,  Mrs.  Frances  R. 
Broadfoot,  Mrs.  Caroline  Haigh,  Mrs.  Margaret  K.  Huske,  Mrs.  Kate 
Haigh,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  C.  Hinsdale,  Mrs.  Annie  K  .Kyle,  Mrs.  Emma 
L.  Pemberton,  Mrs.  Frances  B.  MacRae,  Mrs.  Rebecca  S.  Haigh. 

Our  relations  have  always  been  cord'al  and  friendly  with  our 
brethren  of  the  other  churches,  in  our  midst — are  we  not  pilgrims  on 
the  same  journey?  .  Do  we  not  pass  to  each  other  the  "cup  of  cold 
water"  and  stretch  out  a  helping  hand  to  those  who  have  stumbled? 
Do  we  not  bear  in  our  hands,  and  lean  upon  the  same  staff? 

Travelling  the  same  road  we  visit  each  other's  camp  fires,  as 
allies  in  the  same  grand  army,  singing  the  same  hymns,  we  have 
our  faces  set  towards  the  same  Celestial  City.  Do  we  not  hope  to 
join  in  Hallelujahs  before  the  Great  White  Throne? 

In  conclusion,  we  must  remember  that  we  had  The  Book  of 
Common  Prayer,  "A  lamp  unto  our  feet,  and  a  light  unto  our  path." 

Recall  the  answer  to  the  question — "What  is  Thy  Duty  Towards 
Thy  Neighbor?"  It  is  the  plainest,  clearest,  most  accurate  definition 
of  duty  ever  written.  Simple  in  its  beauty,  beautiful  in  its  simpli- 
city. Act  it,  and  we  may  blot  out  our  State  laws,  put  our  Court 
Houses  to  other  uses,  and  dynamite  our  jails. 

Live  the  vows  of  our  Marriage  Service,  and  divorce  would  be 
an  impossibility.  Divorce  the  loathsome  cancer  which  eats  out  the 
body  politic.  Divorce,  that  crowbar  in  the  devil's  hands  with  which 
he  is  now  wrecking  the  fabric  of  our  civilization. 

Office  for  the  Burial  of  the  Dead,  to  our  mind  the  most  beautiful 
composition  ever  written,  the  Mosaic  of  English  literature. 

"When  those  we  love  are  snatched  away  by  death's  resistless 
hands,"  when  we  can  find  no  comfort  in  anything,  anywhere,  when 
we  see  death  in  all  its  horror,  fa-e  to  face,  when  all  about  us  is 
darkness,  gloom  and  despair,  when  we  go  to  lay  our  loved  ones 
away  FOREVER;  the  moment  we  reach  the  Church  we  hear  the 
words:  "I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life,  saith  the  Lord,  he  that 
believeth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live;  and  whoso- 
ever liveth  and  believeth  in  me,  shall  never  die." 

Our  dead  are  dead  no  longer.  They  have  gone  before,  we  shall 
•meet  again,  where  there  shall  be  no  more  sin,  nor  tears,  nor  sor- 
row. 

They  have  been  "delivered  from  the  burden  of  the  flesh,  and 
are  in  joy,  and  felicity.".  "I  heard  a  voice  from  Heaven  saying  unto 
me:  Write,  from  henceforth  blessed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  the 
Lord,  evenso  saith  the  Spirit,  for  they  rest  from  their  labors." 

Looking  backward  from  our  One  Hundredth  Milestone,  a  long 


34  Centennial  Celebratiou  of  St.  John's  Church 

line  passes  in  review.  Man  after  man  of  splendid  gifts  gladly  used 
in  the  service  of  God  first,  then  of  their  fellows.  Many  a  woman, 
beautiful  in  face  and  figure,  more  beautiful  in  character  and  conduct, 
most  beautiful  in  Christian  charity.  With  such  thoughts  crowding 
upon  us,  we  think  we  hear  even  now  with  these  dull  cold  ears  of 
clay — 

"The  shout  of  them  that  triumph, 
The  song  of  them  that  feast." 

Brethren,  about  face!  Let  us  look  to  the  final  Easter,  "put  on 
the  whole  armor  of  God,"  and  under  guidance  "by  day  in  a  pillar  of 
cloud;  and  by  night  in  a  pillar  of  fire"  "run  with  patience  the  race 
tl.at  is  set  before  us." 

"Lead,  Kindly  Light,  amid  the  encircling  gloom, 

Lead  Thou  me  on; 
The  night  is  dark,  and  we  are  far  from  home, 
Lead  thou  us  on. 
So  *ong  Thy  power  has  blest  us,  sure  it  still  will  lead  us  on. 

Till  the  night  is  gone, 

And  with  the  morn  those  angel  faces  smile, 

Which  we  have  loved  long  since, 
And  lost  awhile." 


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